Well, here's my update for this week. Been working on the side panel for the minicase. Meh the steps were identical, with one exception. See, I took one regular side panel, cut out the middle section, then sandwiched the two together. Why? The result;

A nice folded edge on both sides. This will ensure the side is nice and flush, top and bottom. I could not have done that by hand.

Here is the smaller side panel, with the last side all clamped up.

Slapped a coat of bondo on it,

Here's another side by side so you can see how the line up;

That's it for today. Hmm seems like it would have been more... Sure as hell felt like more....

Momma and baby came home yesterday, and everyone is doing well. I got deathly sickly ill, but fortunately I was passed the point of being contagious when they came home.
And, I kid you not, no sooner than they got home,
oh yeah, that's my boy!

That's right suckas, I'm back in action! Took me a little hiatus there. Between work and school and a string of disenheartening FAILures I just had to take a break for a while. But with tax season here, That means new parts are just around the corner! As soon as my employer quits draggin ass and gives me my W-2 that is

Started out by working on something kinda simple. I call it the wire box, for lack of a better term. See, one goal of this project is to see no wires what-so-ever. The back of the case (where there is usually the most wires) is no exception. This box will serve to hide these cables. I am thinking I may add a hub here, to make everything accessible at this point instead of having to get to the I/O panel.

So this wasn't too complicated, just add some alum channel,
make a frame,

curse, swear,

My first day back to real modding and it's like I never left. This stoopid piece broke during drilling.
That's ok, I will fix it, make it stronger, make it better.

Anyway, here is that, attached and happy.

I also started working on the upper front pieces. I cut and sanded the plastic and replaced it with wire mesh. Both sides will be identical. I also started blending this piece of heatsink into the front plastic. It will have a similiar appearence to the bottom.

Just for funs, I hooked up this key switch. Originally I wasn't going to use it because it's too big, but I have changed my mind, deciding that it's actually perfect because it's big. So say hello to my new "on" button.

One more note, I have also come to the difficult decision to not use the front fascia, do to the exorbitant amount of problems and ongoing design changes. What I have decided to do instead is use this piece for experimenting on, and once I get everything figured out, I will make a final model. From now on I consider this a prototype. I already have the parts lined up, but I am not making a single cut on them until the prototype is done and I have everything figured out.

well its good to see you back in action been waiting on this build for about as long as ive been waiting for the damned Quadfather build to get finished at least my hopes are 50% answered at this point.. keep up the amazing work

well its good to see you back in action been waiting on this build for about as long as ive been waiting for the damned Quadfather build to get finished at least my hopes are 50% answered at this point.. keep up the amazing work

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*cough cough* The Quadfather is on hold. I might even have to start all over. Also I needed the mobo for a temporary rig, and the water gear for my current one... Maybe I call this the Quadfather Beta and make a 2.0 with that EVGA dual-1366 board. The Dual-FX board would be out of date anyway by the time I finish that project and would limit overall performace drastically with all those new fancy GPUs. I have good use for it, tho.

And Mark, I've been wondering where you've been, good to have you back

Yeah as if That reminds me tho. THe coolers that came with the board were damaged during shipping. I claimed insurance, that was MONTHS ago and still nothing. Those were two Zalman CNPS9700 nvidia editions god damnit. I anticipated bent fins, which wouldn't have been a problem, but even the heatpipes were bent badly, and that requires quite an amount of force.

lol yea i didnt think u would be up for that and yea that seems suspect they should have said something by now id be getting on there case asap because your right it takes ALOT of force to bend those heat pipes

Woo hoo more!
Actually some kind of exciting progress for me. Been working on the heatsink for the front. (Gee that sounds familiar)
So I took my Mark Hardware Filing Machine 2000 and put a saw blade back in it.

BAM instant table saw! This was literally exactly what I needed to cut this plastic right.
(Action shot!)

Also, it worked fantastically to cut some of the unwanted material off this heatsink.

An after shot;

Now let me say this! I do not advise doing this. It just doesn't seem like the safest thing. I mean, it may just be my opinion, but it seems like a great way to lose a finger. My wife concurs with me. Everytime I use it. Also, I don't want to get sued by any 9 fingered modders cause I gave them the idea. My wife concurs with me on that, too.

Anyway I'm also have been removing some material to mount the red lcd screen. I'm not too worried about having